Wanna be a Better Performer…? Perform often.

Sounds obvious but for beginning singers, it’s really frightening to perform. Recently I had a small salon for my students.  The reason I do casual salons and less formal concerts with my students is so they can have stepping stones to more formal performance settings.  In the salon, there are about 10-15 people there.  The student introduces the song and what they have been working on technically...

Deep Breathing-The Miracle Worker

The more I sing and frankly the more I live, the more importance I put on breath.  If you have been singing for a while, you know your breath determines support and how long you can hold notes.   The beautiful thing about breath is that deep breathing, big breaths are amazing for anyone.  It’s just that singers are trained to do it to help their technique, but it has all the other added bonuses...

Challenge of Singing & Playing an Instrument

For most singer/songwriters, there is a definite advantage to being able to play your own songs…not only at open mics, but for friends, for industry people, at gigs when your guitarist cancels last minute.  It is not a must and you can definitely work around it by hiring players and or singing to tracks.  However if you are a career singer/songwriter, just do it.  Start learning. By learning an...